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Isaiah 62 - The Vindication and Salvation of Zion

For Zion’s sake I will not keep silent, and for Jerusalem’s sake I will not rest, until her vindication shines out like the dawn, and her...

Isaiah 63 - Vengeance on Edom, God’s Mercy Remembered, A Prayer of Penitence

“Who is this that comes from Edom, from Bozrah in garments stained crimson? Who is this so splendidly robed, marching in his great...

Isaiah 64 - A Prayer of Penitence

O that you would tear open the heavens and come down, so that the mountains would quake at your presence— 2 [a] as when fire kindles...

Isaiah 65 - The Righteousness of God’s Judgment, The Glorious New Creation

I was ready to be sought out by those who did not ask, to be found by those who did not seek me. I said, “Here I am, here I am,” to a...

Isaiah 66 - The Worship God Demands, The Lord Vindicates Zion, Reign and Indignation of God

Thus says the Lord: Heaven is my throne and the earth is my footstool; what is the house that you would build for me, and what is my...

Jeremiah 1 - Jeremiah’s Call and Commission

The words of Jeremiah son of Hilkiah, of the priests who were in Anathoth in the land of Benjamin, 2 to whom the word of the Lord came in...

Jeremiah 2 - God Pleads with Israel to Repent

The word of the Lord came to me, saying: 2 Go and proclaim in the hearing of Jerusalem, Thus says the Lord: I remember the devotion of...

Jeremiah 3 - Unfaithful Israel, A Call to Repentance

If[a] a man divorces his wife and she goes from him and becomes another man’s wife, will he return to her? Would not such a land be...

Jeremiah 4 - Invasion and Desolation of Judah Threatened, Sorrow for a Doomed Nation

If you return, O Israel, says the Lord, if you return to me, if you remove your abominations from my presence, and do not waver, 2 and if...

Jeremiah 5 - The Utter Corruption of God’s People

Run to and fro through the streets of Jerusalem, look around and take note! Search its squares and see if you can find one person who...

Jeremiah 6 - The Imminence and Horror of the Invasion

Flee for safety, O children of Benjamin, from the midst of Jerusalem! Blow the trumpet in Tekoa, and raise a signal on Beth-haccherem;...

Jeremiah 7 - Jeremiah Proclaims God’s Judgment on the Nation, The People’s Disobedience

The word that came to Jeremiah from the Lord: 2 Stand in the gate of the Lord’s house, and proclaim there this word, and say, Hear the...

Jeremiah 8 - The Blind Perversity of the Whole Nation, The Prophet Mourns for the People

At that time, says the Lord, the bones of the kings of Judah, the bones of its officials, the bones of the priests, the bones of the...

Jeremiah 9 - The Blind Perversity of the Whole Nation

[a] O that my head were a spring of water, and my eyes a fountain of tears, so that I might weep day and night for the slain of my poor...

Jeremiah 10 - Idolatry Has Brought Ruin on Israel, The Coming Exile

Hear the word that the Lord speaks to you, O house of Israel. 2 Thus says the Lord: Do not learn the way of the nations, or be dismayed...

Jeremiah 11 - Israel and Judah Have Broken the Covenant, Jeremiah’s Life Threatened

The word that came to Jeremiah from the Lord: 2 Hear the words of this covenant, and speak to the people of Judah and the inhabitants of...

Jeremiah 12 - Jeremiah Complains to God, God Replies to Jeremiah

You will be in the right, O Lord, when I lay charges against you; but let me put my case to you. Why does the way of the guilty prosper?...

Jeremiah 13 - The Linen Loincloth, Symbol of the Wine-Jars, Exile Threatened

Thus said the Lord to me, “Go and buy yourself a linen loincloth, and put it on your loins, but do not dip it in water.” 2 So I bought a...

Jeremiah 14 - The Great Drought, Denunciation of Lying Prophets, The People Plead for Mercy

The word of the Lord that came to Jeremiah concerning the drought: 2 Judah mourns and her gates languish; they lie in gloom on the...

Jeremiah 15 - Punishment Is Inevitable, Jeremiah Complains Again and Is Reassured

Then the Lord said to me: Though Moses and Samuel stood before me, yet my heart would not turn toward this people. Send them out of my...

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